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Not to pick this apart....but the Appalachian Range runs from Georga to New Brunswick, Canada.
Peaches would be most likely eastern GA or South Carolina. Tennessee would be Jack Daniels and Jim Beam....Tennessee sippin' whiskey.  |
Jim Beam = Kentucky dood. I concur on the peaches = GA or SC. Nothing like some beautiful Georgia peaches.
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02-23-2006, 02:20 PM
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Nope, these peaches were in Tennessee. It was on a trip that went to Lookout Mountain...
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02-23-2006, 02:40 PM
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Nope, these peaches were in Tennessee. It was on a trip that went to Lookout Mountain...
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They were probably imported from GA.
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02-23-2006, 02:41 PM
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Back country road, farm stand.....
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02-23-2006, 02:43 PM
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Nope, these peaches were in Tennessee.* *It was on a trip that went to Lookout Mountain...
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Could have been but Chattanooga is not known for great peaches due to the cooler climate.
Justin.........George Dickel is the guy I was thinking of.
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02-23-2006, 02:45 PM
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Could have been but Chattanooga is not known for great peaches due to the cooler climate.
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I'll ask Mom. 
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02-23-2006, 02:53 PM
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I'll ask Mom. |
Mom said it was Shenandoah Valley, Pennsylvania.
She also said she knows people here in New York who grow peaches....
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02-23-2006, 03:10 PM
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Mom said it was Shenandoah Valley, Pennsylvania.
She also said she knows people here in New York who grow peaches....*
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What is it with us and PA today? 
Peaches can grow lots of places but the GA and SC peaches are different from the northern ones and can only grow where it stay warm most of the year. Just like you don't see many orange tress in NYC either.
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02-23-2006, 03:16 PM
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I totally agree about oranges (and grapefruit). Never seen any here. Maybe peaches are more like grapes and pears, which we also have, and are delicious.
These peaches in Pennsylvania were memorable. Absolutely delicious.
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02-23-2006, 03:18 PM
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These peaches in Pennsylvania were memorable. Absolutely delicious.
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I bet they ain't no where near as good as them Georgia peaches.
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02-23-2006, 03:23 PM
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That's what I thought about grapes too.....New York?..... until a friend in Troy (across the river) gave me some she grew in her backyard.....
It's really special when you travel a lot as a kid, and remember a trip for the peaches.
I'm sure Georgia has very nice peaches too.
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02-23-2006, 03:27 PM
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That's what I thought about grapes too.....New York?.....* until a friend in Troy (across the river) gave me some she grew in her backyard.....
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Try some Finger Lakes wines and you'll see how special NYS grapes can be...
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02-23-2006, 03:36 PM
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Try some Finger Lakes wines and you'll see how special NYS grapes can be...
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I'm a believer!
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02-23-2006, 04:34 PM
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That's what I thought about grapes too.....New York?..... until a friend in Troy (across the river) gave me some she grew in her backyard.....
It's really special when you travel a lot as a kid, and remember a trip for the peaches.
I'm sure Georgia has very nice peaches too.
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I was telling a coworker today about the mangos in mexico - unbelievably good. One of the most vivid memories from my trip.
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Hey a$$holes, thanks for hijacking my introduction into a discussion of the merits of New York wines and Georgia peaches!
Nah, just kidding.... I readily admit I'm enjoying it.....
P.S. Moroccan clementines rule! (As do both kinds of Georgia peach......)
Edited to excise potentially offensive vulgarity
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Cool Dude. Be cool and refer to us as "a**holes", please. 
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02-23-2006, 09:23 PM
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Cool Dude. Be cool and refer to us as "a**holes", please.
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Consider it done, a**hole 
(and in case it's not perfectly clear, I'm just kidding, of course!)
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02-23-2006, 09:29 PM
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Pretty cheeky, you p*nk. Better behave yourself or Jarhead will key your car. 
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Re: My introduction
Alabamans' tax dollars at work:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/national/24peach.html
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Alabama legislators have some fences to mend with neighboring Georgia after state representatives passed a resolution Tuesday naming peaches Alabama's official tree fruit.
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"If you've ever tasted Alabama peaches, you'd throw rocks at Georgia,"
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"I didn't realize Alabama had any peaches at all," said Thomas T. Irvin, Georgia's agricultural commissioner since 1969.
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Alabama already has an official state fruit, the blackberry, adopted in 2004. Adding a tree fruit to the list, much less horning in on one indisputably linked to Georgia, just seemed greedy to some.
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(with apologies to cool dood)
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02-24-2006, 07:55 AM
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Re: My introduction
But please don't touch me plums...
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